Folding box.



R. P. BROWN.

FOLDING BOX.

APPLICATION FILED APR.17,1912I 1,085,1 O6, Patented Jan. 27, 1914.

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TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT P. BROWN, 01? PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO BROWN & BAILEY COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

FOLDING BOX.

To all whom. it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT P. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Folding Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

Hy invention is a folding box made from a blank having integral parts adapted to be erected and locked in the erected position by inturned flaps hinged to the ends which engage inturned parts hinged to the sides and foot pieces hinged to the end flaps which foot-pieces engage a metal stitch, rivet or staple fixed to the bottom. This construction has the advantages of simplicity and economy in manufacture, together with facility in erection and locking.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank made in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the erected construction having a part broken away; and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View taken longitudinally through complementary parts connected in telescoping relation.

The rectangular base or top 1, as the position may be, has the sides 2 hinged thereto on the parallel score lines 3 and the ends 4 hinged thereto on the parallel score lines 5.

The sides 2 have the end extensions or flaps 6 hinged thereto on the score lines 7 which are continuations of the score lines 5, these flaps being separated from the ends by the incisions 8 in line with the scores 3 in the form selected for illustrating the improvements. The ends 4 have the flaps 9 hinged thereto on the score lines 10, which are parallel to the lines 5, and the flaps 9 have the foot pieces 11 hinged thereto on the scored lines 12 which are parallel to the lines Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 17, 1912.

Patented Jan. 27, 1914.

Serial No. 691,378.

10. Metal stitches, staples or rivets 13 are driven through the ends of the part 1, at distances from the lines 5 slightly greater than the width of the pieces 11, and the points or prongs of such parts 13 are upset to form the metal bows or humps 14 within the box.

In erecting the box, the parts 2 and 4 are turned to positions substantially at right angles to the part 1 with the parts 6 folded within the parts 4. The parts 9 are then turned inwardly against the parts 6 and the parts 11 are snapped over the parts let behind which they are engaged, whereby the box is locked in the erected position.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A folding box having a rectangular part, members hinged to the sides of said rectangular part, flaps hinged to a parallel pair of the aforesaid members, foot pieces hinged to said flaps, and metal devices extending through said rectangular part adjacent to said foot pieces and having humps whereby said foot pieces are engaged in abutting relation.

2. A folding box having a rectangular part, sides and ends hinged thereto, flaps hinged to said ends, members hinged to said sides and engaged between said ends and flaps, foot pieces hinged to said flaps, and staples extending through said rectangular parts adjacent to said ends and having their prongs upset to form humps whereby said foot pieces are engaged in abutting relation.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name this 16 day of April, 1912, in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT P. BROIVN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES N. BUTLER, J 0s. Gr. DENNY, Jr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington. D. 0. 

